I like Benjamin Franklin, but I wish he'd kept his thoughts about time to himself.
Yes, he's the culprit we can blame for making us spring forward in the spring and fall back in the fall.
He came up with this daylight savings concept in 1784. Actually, he wasn't really trying to "save" daylight. He simply made the statement that Parisians could save money on candles if they changed their sleep schedules.
If you recall your history, Franklin was in Paris as the first U.S. Ambassador to France. He was there for the ratification of the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary War.
I guess he had time on his hands and rather than twiddle his thumbs, he came up with his daylight savings concept to help Parisians save money.
The rest, as they say, is history. The U.S. adopted it in 1918, but it was repealed in 1919 because it was so unpopular. Then in World War II, it was instituted again as year-round "War Time."
In 1966, the Uniform Time Act signed, but in 1974-1975, it was temporarily made year-round again due to an oil embargo. In 2007, the current biannual schedule began.
The bottom line? We're stuck with it, and, despite grumbling from the general population, daylight savings time continues.
TAKEAWAY TRUTH
The first couple of weeks are the worst. Be careful. Sleep more. Make sure you're awake before you zoom off to work each day. Take care. We're all in this together, but we can get through it. Again.
I agree about the whole time change thing. This one is easier for me than the fall one, but either way, days only have 24 hours in them!
ReplyDeleteYes, the one in the fall is horrible.
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